A/CONF.171/13 English Page 152 Chapter VI REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE 1. At the 1st plenary meeting, on 5 September 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development, in accordance with rule 4 of the rules of procedure of the Conference, appointed a Credentials Committee, based on that of the Credentials Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its forty-eighth session, consisting of the following nine members: Austria, Bahamas, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Mauritius, Russian Federation, Thailand and United States of America. 2. The Credentials Committee held one meeting, on 8 September 1994. 3. Mr. Rangsan Phaholyothin (Thailand) was unanimously elected Chairman of the Committee. 4. The Committee had before it a memorandum by the Secretary-General dated 7 September 1994 on the status of credentials of representatives participating in the Conference. Additional information on credentials received by the Secretary-General after the issuance of the memorandum was provided to the Committee by its Secretary. 5. As noted in paragraph 1 of the memorandum by the Secretary-General, as updated by the additional information received, formal credentials issued by the Head of State or Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs as provided for in rule 3 of the rules of procedure, had been received by the SecretaryGeneral for the representatives of the following 101 States participating in the Conference: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Guyana, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Zaire and Zambia. In addition, in the case of the European Community, credentials had been submitted for its representatives by the President of the European Commission. 6. As noted in paragraph 2 of the memorandum, as updated, information concerning the appointment of representatives participating in the Conference had been communicated by means of facsimile or in the form of letters or notes /...